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Sustainable Innovation
Tom Carpenter
Executive Director | Sustainability Services
June 2013
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Waste Management Sustainability Services
Consulting Services and Business Development
Broad Talent Base | A collaboration of skills, talent, and experience
Engineers / MBAs / Architects
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Green Event Managers
IT and data management expertise
Certified Hazardous Material Managers
Certified Energy Managers
GHG Management Expertise
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Certified Professionals
ISO14001/QS9000 Expertise
Lean Six Sigma
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Company Overview
“Our company has a goal – to help
ensure that we pass on the planet to
the next generation in better shape
than we inherited it. Now, that is a
lofty goal and we can’t do it alone,
but we hope to set an example for
others to follow.”
David Steiner CEO
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Nutrient Potential
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Designing Up from the Dumpster
Creating Energy from Waste
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Source: GBB SW Consultants
• 11 million BTUs of energy
• Holds the energy equivalent to:
1 barrel of oil
½ ton of coal
11 Decatherms of
Natural Gas
• Waste can make:
5,500 lbs of steam
400 to 600 KW Hrs of
electricity
50 gallons of ethanol
One
Ton of
Waste=
The energy in waste…
• Pyrolysis technology converts low value, hard to recycle and contaminated plastics into a high value, synthetic crude oil.
• The first full scale plant is operating in the Portland, Oregon
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Converting mixed-waste-plastics to high-octane synthetic crude oil
Month XX,
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Environmental Attributes of SpecFUEL
• Emissions savings: Use of SpecFUEL results in 15% fewer GHG emissions
associated with landfill disposal combined with the use of the equivalent
amount of coal.
• Energy savings: SpecFUEL production from one plant results in annual
energy savings of the equivalent of more than 161,000 tons of coal enough
energy to power more than 39,000 homes for one year.
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